In a lighter vein:

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A Christmas Carol


Away in a manger
or a crack house
or under a bridge
or in a bombed-out village
or a refugee camp
or in the mesquite shade close to the border wall
some Mary is giving...

Thanksgiving

The feast of life
asks nothing of us
but our death,


our final giving back
for all the death
that feeds us

The Well


Every Day
We drop our biggest buckets down
On the strongest ropes we have,
Hoist up as much cool and soothing water as we can lift.


We love,

Thanks for your comments, everybody, but you are getting into the weeds and morality of health care policy.

My point is that we need to win this election, to save the planet, besides improving...

Regardless of the virtues of Medicare For All, speaking just politically (as in winning elections) I think Medicare For All (MFA) is a losing proposal.

Even with the Democratic party it does not...

Last October was awful for all of us in Sonoma County. We all hunkered down and nested at home to cope with the trauma and pollution from the fires. Unfortunately, that meant that most businesses...

I'm an old fashioned kind of guy - you can tell from my moniker.

Under the laws of the State of California, the boys committed a battery offense. The girls and their parents need to be taught to...

Just wondering if Restorative Justice & practices are still being used in Sebastopol?

SPD used to be very supportive of the process & it's very effective. I retired from that work and in my...

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Hi Al - Thanks for asking!

As you've seen, there's a variety of viewpoints on the matter. Here's mine:

Please come! We've taken a big hit, so clearly, the county is not in prime shape. However,...

no, I insist only legal people get to do that.

what a weird thing to draw from his post....

A Morning Offering

I bless the night that nourished my heart
To set the ghosts of longing free
Into the flow and figure of dream
That went to harvest from the dark
Bread for the hunger no one...

Here's a good article from the PD with memories of the Summer of Love from locals, including Alexandra Jacopetti Hart (who some of us know).
Barry


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Sheesh people - shut your windows and use earplugs! Shotgun? Seriously? These are beautiful creatures. Wait for the day when you will have to explain to your grandchildren what a songbird was.

"next to of course god america i

love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh

say can you see by the dawn's early my

country 'tis of centuries come and go

and are no more what of it we...

no way, that's dangerous...

You might get up in the night and trip over the wire.
:rofl:

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Every child a wanted child.
Every child a loved child.
Full employment with jobs for everyone.
What would that do to crime in this country?

Everything has bias, even if that bias is a belief that facts exist and that certain things are objective truths that can be known and proven, not just opinions, assertions, agendas, or observations....

Nice list of anti science conspiracy theory sites. No wonder they don't like fact checkers like Snopes!
Here's a list of these and other resources that spread bullshit. ...

there have been a couple of pieces on 60 mins on german prisons, which are not based on punishment, but on healing.
it is hard for people to come out of our systems whole. the lack of sleep, the...

I disagree -- it's a big INTERnational issue. Countries all over the world have the challenge of providing for their population as a whole. As a country, we've been lucky to avoid the situation of...

hell if I know why, it's not all that apropos, but the saying about the different ways pigs and chickens feel about a traditional breakfast comes to mind: the chicken's involved, but the pig's...

You have valid points, but I'd avoid the phrase 'government control'. And of course it's not a 'desirable thing' to encourage homeless to move to here, or for that matter to any centralized area....

Red flags everywhere. "Truth Bomb" and "defying .. corrupt media", only being "allowed to talk twice" (allowed by who, the lizard overlords??). "Gotten rid of the lawyers"??? and "blanket legal...

you don't think sarcasm is appropriate??? I can't really imagine a reassuring "sure, that's a great point you have... let me maybe possibly disagree a little bit if you don't mind?? I don't think...

Her Roots


A strong wind
wrenched the great Madrone
from her hold in the hillside,
and when she fell
her roots,
hanging in mid-air,
gave us handholds

Animal Rescue

To say nothing of all the moths and wasps
I’ve been opening windows for;

the sheep headlocked in the wire
of a fence,

the newt in the slippery inch
of a dog-bowl of rain,

The Stones

I owned a slope full of stones.
Like buried pianos they lay in the ground,
shards of old sea-ledges, stumbling blocks
where the earth caught and kept them
dark, an old music mute in...

well, most people would be, depending on where you are and how often it happens! (sorry, OT)
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You cut it off in a weird spot -- what about:

being overweight or obese
lack of physical activity
alcohol use


Really? Avoid these too? You need to be/do the opposite of all the...

And yet coconut palms are one of the many crops often produced with pesticides we have banned here in the US (yet still merrily produce and ship to less developed countries). And oils tend to be...

boy, that's not a very sonoma-county position to take! anyway, in this case, it's not defensible. The government (or, laws against the practice to be specific) is the only thing keeping me from...

The latest from Julia Bystrova at Standing Rock, the most recent on the bottom:
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This is false framing and dishonest mislabeling. It's not a "Libertarian" and "Authoritarian” axis. That labeling comes from a biased Libertarian position. It is “Libertarian” and “Communitarian”.
...

"I also hope the rooms aren't too expensive or else people will still flock to the AirBnBs of the city"

What does this mean? That AirBnB rentals in Sebastopol are a problem, possibly deflecting...

oh no, is this going to be a trend? we're losing classic cliches and turns of phrase at an ever-increasing rate!

Thanks Sambacat for mentioning this.

It has been sad indeed to see new folks move into the rural areas and, sure enough, first thing a monster fence goes up. I too have watched, on Barnett Valley...

Encounter

We were riding through the frozen fields in a wagon at dawn.
A red wing rose in the darkness.

And suddenly a hare ran across the road.
One of us pointed to it with his hand.

That...

I too love Einstein, and I think I can give the explanation in the spirit of what Einstein meant. First, remember six-year-olds don't know what squares even are! So the explanation to that six year...

If true, it certainly supports the concept that "cooked nuts=cancer nuts". Heating effects of RF are largely understood. Happened to radar technicians in the Navy first.

And there is some...

Oh, you're funny! I do remember reading that there were a bunch of cops who got testicular (or was it penisilar) cancer, and that there was some possibility posited that it was because they kept...

The scientific consensus seems to be that "electrosensitivity" is a psychosomatic phenomenon . But that doesn't mean that those suffering from the condition are making it up. Their symptoms and their...

Sandi,

I don't think EHS ("Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity") is funny, but you could definitely call me a skeptic. I have a bit more openness to long-term effects from EMF exposure, but I'm also...

I'm certainly open to new information on this. I often use as an example of how unlikely things can be true the question: 'would you believe that there's an invisible field that can suck the water...

you should never put people in your microwave. [:biglaugh: ~ Barry]

I don't agree that this problem hinges solely on the size of the population that's sensitive. If it's causing health issues, it...

No, the correct answer is that the FCC has nothing to do with the issue of the trench or the trees.
They regulate the airwaves. They don't regulate what happens on the property.
You are obviously...

Happens every time. I always forget to set the
#define Irony On
and those that are hard-of-sarcasm send along a note to chastise me.

Or course the 35 watt FM transmitter will have no affect...

Yeah, I guess if you think global warming is a hoax.

Why do we have this junk science meme still flying around about the 'dangers' of a 35 watt FM broadcast transmitter 40 feet off the ground,...